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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, April 7, 1986

10-Across : Toward the mouth

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,299
Across
1
Denominations : SECTS
6
Vestment : ROBE
10
Toward the mouth : ORAD
14
Barton or Bow : CLARA
15
Mountain goat : IBEX
16
Fishing rod : POLE
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Test : ASSAY
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Lends a hand : PITCHESIN
20
Fauvist painter : MATISSE
22
Dry : THIRSTY
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Wild plum : SLOE
24
Take off : LEAVE
25
Collections of anecdotes : ANAS
27
"O, ___ is me ... ": Ophelia : WOE
29
Peeve : NETTLE
33
Place for a guinea pig : LAB
34
Groom's party : STAG
36
Slight : THIN
37
Street sound : TOOT
39
"___ Venner," O. W. Holmes book : ELSIE
40
Smell ___ (suspect) : ARAT
41
NE Asian river : AMUR
42
Garret : LOFT
43
United : ONE
44
Ceremony : RITUAL
46
Mil. landing craft : LST
48
Jug : EWER
49
In a canny manner : SLILY
51
Morays : EELS
53
Carbon 14, for one : ISOTOPE
56
Hit the ceiling : EXPLODE
59
Creates casually : TOSSESOFF
61
Cleave : SEVER
62
Ending for pluto or demo : CRAT
63
Pt. of a monogram : INIT
64
Mountain nymph : OREAD
65
Leander's lover : HERO
66
Tennis units : SETS
67
Loy of film : MYRNA
Down
1
Confidence game : SCAM
2
"Born Free" lioness : ELSA
3
Searches for : CASTSABOUT
4
Follows : TRAILS
5
Authority : SAYSO
6
What the time is, at times : RIPE
7
Kimono accessory : OBI
8
Singer-actress Midler : BETTE
9
Switch : EXCHANGE
10
"The Student Prince," e.g. : OPERETTA
11
Betsy or Diana : ROSS
12
Dismounted : ALIT
13
Gainsay : DENY
19
Swarming place : HIVE
21
___ up (get control of) : SEW
24
Hurls : LETSFLY
25
Place of worship : ALTAR
26
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
28
King Olaf's capital : OSLO
30
Jilts : THROWSOVER
31
Tropical vine : LIANE
32
Enroll : ENTER
35
Islets : AITS
38
Relies on : TRUSTSTO
39
Word omission, in grammar : ELLIPSIS
45
African lily : ALOE
47
Country music's Ritter : TEX
48
Queen of whodunits : ELLERY
50
Sierra ___ : LEONE
52
Downs or salts : EPSOM
53
Yen : ITCH
54
Hot under the collar : SORE
55
Glacial ridges : OSAR
56
Newts : EFTS
57
One of the Martins : DEAN
58
Earth goddess : ERDA
60
___ to be tied : FIT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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